Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-07
TOWN AND COUNTY.

Colonel Bob Maddox returned SatUr-
day evening from an extended solourn IN
California, looking in splendid health.
He visited every section OF the state and
returns with the deliberate conviction
that for the poor man and man Of moder-
at means Texas is in every way superior
to the golden state.
With great trunk line connecting
Denver and Fort Worth, and this line
the shortest line that will connect Col
orado with the gulf, it will be marvel
| If MIR. Huntington, the directors of the
! Southern Pacific and the city OF
| New Orleans should hesitate long TO
build short line connecting New Orleans
and Fort Worth. What d magnificent
| field lies open to the Crescent City and
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
Messrs. Barter and Swsyne have re-
turned from their trip to Dallas county,
where they have been obtaining right OF
w.y for the ST. Louis, Arkansas and
Texas. With few exceptions,
all owners of land have been
settled with and they do not think it
will be difficult 20 obtain the balance of
the right of way. Both gentlemen speak
highly of the fairness OF the farmers, and
say all the people 10 that section are glad
at the prospect Of the early completion OF
the road. Graders and bridge men were
hard at work when the gentlemen left for
home.
Hon. a. L. Matlock returned last nigh
from Chicago and was questioned by {
GAZETTE reporter IS 70 what he haC
learned in regard to the Chicago, Rocl
Island and Pacific. In reply he said tina
| in Chicago it was generally understood
thet the road was coming to Fort Worth
and he had learned from gentleman il
authority that the routes would be one t
Fort Worth and Waco, one through
Wichita Falls and Cisco to Kerrville, ant
one through the corner of Texas apC
down through New Mexico to Ell Paso
He had conversed with his fellow towns
man, Captain Morriss, who had spen
some days in the Indian Territory wit
the engineers, and Captain Morriss say
the engineers started out with orders t
= locate the first line to the mouth of Sal
creek in Montague county, but after bein
on the road some time orders came froI
Chicago to run preliminary and locate
It line to Wichita Falls before anything els
n was done, and the force is nov
o engaged in doing this. The engineer
- gave Captain Morriss to understand the
:, this did not mean the abandonment OF IN
u Salt creek, Montague and Bowie line, an
u when the Wichita Falls line Is located IN
l. other line will be taken up. Mr.. Matloc
e seemed to think it not at all improbabl
q that the Montague line might diverg
e from the Wichita Falls line q
II high up as Fort Reno. He say
[, the engineers ere not only running pre-
Iimiuary line but are locating it as the
Re come down. Mr.. Matlock leaves for tn
?, Syndicate ranch this morning, and say
IS that he will move headquarters to poir
Is twenty-five miles from Tascosa and tn
ls Fort Worth and Denver and thus be nes
= great railroad.
- Colonel Carey W. Styles, editor OF tt
- Bosque Citizen, and one of the be!
W known newspaper men in the south, VIZ
ST in the city last night on his way hon
" from attending The late National Editors
convention in Denver, Col. He says th'
never were representatives. Of Il
:, press treated in such roy
fashion as they were Their
Denver, according to the Colonel, is OF
L. of the greatest Of cities, with hospit
to BILE and marvelleusly progressive peopl
ne They seemed never to weary in hospital
Dis ties to the editors, and feted them glt
er rlously. In three railroad excursion
0; they saw all the magnificent scenery II
is which Colorado is famous. Next
Denver Colonel Styles was most take
with Pueblo, where he made speee
e. ldemonstrative OF the mutual benefit to
Il derived when Texas and Colorado q